#BC284B#BC284B

#BC284B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.183 H 13.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC284B
RGB	rgb(188, 40, 75)
HSL	hsl(346, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(346, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.7%, 60.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.34, 59.08, 17.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.34, 61.51, 16.17°)
OKLab	oklab(52.62% 0.1779 0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(52.62% 0.183 13.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.7702, 12.7203, 7.9115)
Luminance	0.1272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC284B #28BC99

analogous

#BC2895 #BC284B #BC4F28

triadic

#BC284B #4BBC28 #284BBC

tetradic

#BC284B #95BC28 #28BC99 #4F28BC

square

#BC284B #95BC28 #28BC99 #4F28BC

split-complementary

#BC284B #28BC4F #2895BC

monochromatic

#571323 #8A1D37 #BC284B #D8496B #E37B94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.93

#BC284B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#BC284B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC284B

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC284B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC284B	1.00	5.93	3.54	5.93
#FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#52504B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786F47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE0037

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc284b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 40, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.183 13.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7717d',
    500: '#bc284b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc284b;
$custom-light: #d7717d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc284b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.811,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52618,
    "c": 0.18282,
    "h": 13.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC284B

secondary

#75CBB7

accent

#E8C040

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDEE

border

#D5C8C9

text

#160909

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC284B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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